Each couple stakes out their own patch of sand, making their photos look as if they had the beach to themselves.

每对新人会划出属于他们的一块沙地，这样在照片上看起来就仿佛他们自己拥有整个沙滩。

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A small sand-colored cat with limp, white PAWS was sleeping in a patch of shade.

一只沙黄色、白爪的小瘸腿猫躺在一片阴影下瞌睡。

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You walk along this patch of sand and think of yourselves as walking along a beach and yet... there is so much more to a beach than just the water and the sand.

你走过这片沙地，想想自己正在走过一片沙滩，但是…对于一片沙滩来说是远远不止只有水和沙子的。

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In a diminutive state seemingly so tightly packed with beachfront development, it is astoundingly easy to escape the tourist crowds and find your own patch of sand-based paradise.

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Between his hut and a sign reading 'Please stay off the beach between 3pm and 7am' is a patch of sand containing around 80 numbered wooden markers.

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